How to change the weather and time of day in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024

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How to change weather and time of day

How to change the weather/time mid-flight

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 he stumbled off the runway with a rough start. Fortunately, the initial server issues have been resolved. The game also received the first few updates that ironed out some bugs. Now is the time to return to heaven if you had a bad time on release day.

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 it has many settings that you can change for different degrees of realism. This includes weather and time of day simulation. These factors can change your flight paths and visibility. You can change these settings while flying the aircraft in free flight mode. This mode allows you to select any plane and any point on the planet you like. If you want to experience the night sky over Manhattan or the Great Pyramids during a snowstorm, you can. This guide will show you how you can change the weather/time before and during flights Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024.

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How to change weather and time of day

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Press Free Flight and you will be taken to the earth map. Here you can choose your plane and plan your route. They are in the upper right part of the screen Flight conditions settings. The clock is below that. The “Live” setting on the clock means that the simulation will be based on the real time you are playing. Click this setting to turn it off.

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If you want more options, click on flight conditions. You will have to press Y to get to this panel on XBOX. Here you can change the weather and time. Live it will maintain the current weather and real-world time for the parts of the world you fly. By changing the time when using Live settings, you can dial back the actual weather by up to 24 hours. Preset allows you to choose from a variety of preset weather patterns and set the time. Custom allows you to change the weather and time down to the smallest detail. This includes applying weather to specific altitudes, air pressure, humidity, lightning, snow depth and precipitation.

How to change the weather/time mid-flight

You can also change these settings during the flight. On PC, move your mouse cursor to the top of the screen and click on the small cloud icon. On XBOX you have to press RB + L3 to activate cursor mode. Once you click on the weather icon, you can change the weather and time as you like. Note that the simulation may slow down and stutter as it loads with weather/time changes Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024.